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Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 07.12.2024 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted excellent new specimens in this Europe Update with many classics, including superb Alpine smoky quartz, pyromorphite from several localities, fluorite, hematite, specimens from the German silver mines and more.
Tags: Aachen, Alberoda, Alicante, Allerdale, Ambas Aguas, Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Andalusia, Antequera, Aosta Valley, Argentière Glacier, Arnsberg, arsenic, arsenic specimen, Asturias, Attica, Aue-Bad Schlema, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, azurite, azurite crystal, azurite fine mineral, azurite specimen, Bad Ems, Bad Ems-Nassau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Beihilfe Mine, Berbes District, Bigrigg, Branes Quarry, Braunlage, Bulgaria, calcite, calcite crystal, calcite fine mineral, calcite specimen, Caldbeck, Camino Cabezo Agudo, campylite, Castres, Cavardiras Valley, Cerro Canaleja, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Clara Mine, Cologne, Copeland, Córdoba, Cornish olivenite, Cornwall, Corrèze, Courmayeur, Covera De Asturias, Cumbria, Disentis, Djurkovo Mine, Driggith Open Cut, Dry Gill Mine, East Attica, Egremont, El Ponton de Solis, Elba, England, English mimetite, Erzegebirgskreis, Eschweiler, Felsenmeer, ferruginous quartz, Florence Mine, fluorite, fluorite Clara Mine, fluorite crystal, fluorite fine mineral, fluorite Germany, fluorite specimen, fluorite twin, France, Freiburg, Galena, galena crystal, galena fine mineral, galena Germany, galena specimen, German galena, Germany, Ghiac, Goslar District, Greece, green pyromprphite, Grisons, gwindel, Gwindel Chamonix, Gwindel fine mineral, gwindel France, Gwindel smoky quartz, Gwindel specimen, Halsbrücke, Hastenrath, hematite fine mineral, hematite specimen, Hemer-Sundwig, Italy, Konski Dol Mine, la rioja, Laki, Lavreotiki, Lavrion Mining District, Les Farges Mine, Los Vives, Lower Saxony, Madan District, Madan Ore Field, magnesioriebeckite, magnesioriebeckite inclusion, Málaga, Marciana, Meyer Quarry, mimetite, mimetite crystal, mimetite fine mineral, mimetite specimen, mimetite variety campylite, Mittlesachsen, Moscona Mine, Muro de Aguas, native arsenic, native arsenic specimen, native silver, negative crystal inclusions, North Rhine - Westphalia, Nouvelle-Aqiuitane, Oberwolfach, Occitanie, Olivenite, olivenite crystal, olivenite specimen, Orihuela, Oviedo, Piz Cavardiras, Plovidiv, Procchio, pseudomorph after silver, purple fluorite, pyrargyrite, pyrargyrite crystal, pyrargyrite fine mineral, pyrargyrite specimen, pyrite, pyrite crystal, pyrite cube, pyrite fine mineral, pyrite specimen, pyromorphite, pyromorphite crystal, pyromorphite fine mineral, pyromorphite specimen, quartz, quartz crystal, quartz epimorph, Quartz epimorph after Calcite, quartz fine mineral, quartz inclusions, quartz negative crystal inclusions, quartz pseudomorph, quartz pseudomorph after calcite, quartz specimen, Resuperferolitica Mine, Rhineland-Palatinate, Rhodope Mountains, Riebeckite, Riebeckite Inclusions, Russein Valley, safflorite, safflorite pseudomorph, safflorite pseudomorph after silver, safflorite specimen, Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Santa Eufemia, Sauerland, Saxony, scorodite, scorodite crystal, scorodite fine mineral, scorodite specimen, Shaft 366, Silver, silver pseudomorph specimen, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz fine mineral, smoky quartz specimen, Smolyan Oblast, spain, Spanish fluorite, spanish pyrite, St. Andreasberg, Sursleva, Swiss gwindel quartz, Swiss Quartz, Swiss smoky quartz, Switzerland, Tarn, Tracy Kimmel Collection, Triolet Glacier, Tuscany, twinned fluorite, UK mimetite, Ussel, Val Ferret, var. Smoky Quartz
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 05.28.2021 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve just added the first of many specimens to come from the John S. White quartz collection. This is a superb quartz collection with wonderful specimens spanning quartz varieties, habits and localities of all kinds.
Tags: amethyst, amethyst crystal, amethyst fine mineral, amethyst Italy, amethyst specimen, Arkansas, Artigas, Bagmati Pradesh, Brazil, Capurru Quarry, Changjiang Ore Field, Changjiang Uranium Ore Field, china, Colorado, Cumberland habit quartz, Curvelo, Dhading District, El Kelaa Des Sraghna, faden, faden quartz, Florida, Ganesh Himal Massif, Garland Co., Georgia, Guangdong, Hallelujah Junction Area, hematite and quartz, hematite crystal, hematite fine mineral, hematite in quartz, hematite specimen, Hot Springs, hunan, Idarado Mine, inclusions in quartz crystal, India, interference quartz, interrupted growth quartz, interrupted quartz, Italian amethyst, Italy, Jacksons Crossroads, Jinkouhe District, Jinlong Hill, John White, John White personal mineral collection, John White quartz collection, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Leiyang Co., Leshan, Longchuan, Minas Gerais, Morocco, Nepal, Nevada, North Waziristan District, Old Coleman Mine, Osilo, Ouray, Ouray Co., pakistan, Petersen Mountain, quartz, Quartz (Faden), Quartz after coral, quartz and fluorite, quartz crystal, quartz crystal inclusions, quartz crystal sceptre, quartz epimorph, quartz epimorph after anhydrite, quartz epimorph after fluorite, quartz fine mineral, quartz flower, quartz on fluorite, quartz scepter, quartz sceptered crystal, quartz sceptre, quartz specimen, Quartz var. Amethyst, Quartz with chlorite inclusions, Ranga Reddy District, red quartz, Renhua Co., Rio Grande do Sul, Ron Coleman Mine, rutilated quartz, rutile in quartz, San Juan Mountains, Sardinia, Sassari, Shangbao Mine, Shaoguan, Sichuan, Sidi Rahal, smoky quartz, smoky quartz crystal, smoky quartz scepter, smoky quartz sceptre, Telangana, Tessin habit quartz, twinned quartz, Uruguay, USA, var. Amethyst, Washoe Co., Wilkes Co., Withlacoochee River
Posted by: Raymond McDougall on 10.05.2019 | Filed under: Latest, Recent Mineral Updates
I’ve posted the third in a series of updates with excellent quartz specimens from John White’s collection.
Tags: Arkansas, Brazil, Canada, china, Clinochlore inclusions, Custer Co., Dayu Co., Dhading District, Diamond Willow Mine, Dolomite Inclusions, Fisher Mountain, Ganesh Himal, Georgia, Hog Jaw Mine, Huancavelica Dept., Idaho, Jacksons Crossroads, Japan Law Twin, Jiangxi, Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Linopolis, Malawi, McTavish Twp., Mexico, Minas Gerais, Montgomery Co., Mount Malosa, Mun. de Tatatila, Nepal, Ontario, Pampa Blanca District, Peru, Phantom, piedra parada, Province No. 3, quartz, quartz after calcite, quartz epimorph, Quartz epimorph after Calcite, quartz epimorph apophyllite, Quartz phantom, quartz pseudomorph, Quartz pseudomorph after Apophyllite, quartz pseudomorph after calcite, quartz pseudomorph apophyllite, Quartz var. Amethyst, Sichuan, Summer Storm Claim, Thunder Bay District, Tipling Mine, USA, var. Amethyst, veracruz, Wilkes Co., Zomba District
